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>> mitt romney? should mitt romney try to push him from the race? >> only if he would succeed and he won't do that because he won't succeed. >> okay. >> there's that. okay. coming up senator claire mccaskill. >> hs who's count iing judges got involved, lawyers got involved, they're going to be 10,000 lawyers on both sides scrutinizing this election. you no longer have to win with a margin of victory. you have to win with a margin beyond -- >> if you have everybody watching you say sloppy, but seems to work, right? except for 2000. >> there was that. >> we've had other problems. the washington state governor's race, minnesota senate race which was very important because it was going to determine whether the democrats had 60 votes in the senate when they got 60 votes in the senate with al franken's victory that gave us obama care. these close races, if it's close enough all of these irregularities loom large and have enor nousconsequences. >> give us examples of -- i'm sorry. >> i want you to go. >> voter fraud or -- >> kurt will tell us people are he
>> mitt romney? should mitt romney try to push him from the race? >> only if he would succeed and he won't do that because he won't succeed. >> okay. >> there's that. okay. coming up senator claire mccaskill. >> hs who's count iing judges got involved, lawyers got involved, they're going to be 10,000 lawyers on both sides scrutinizing this election. you no longer have to win with a margin of victory. you have to win with a margin beyond -- >> if you have...
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one of the things we don't talk about enough, people say oh, mitt romney is not wearing well, mitt romney has an anchor around his -- and his campaign called the republican party brand. it has been under water, upside down for a long time. more people view it negatively than positively. the democrats aren't in great shape but they've been in better shape as far as perception wise of the party than the republicans. is it congressional republicans? we can come up with our theories. the brand has been upside down, almost two straight years since the republican party was viewed more positively than negatively in our poll. that brand issue akin doesn't help it at all especially going into the convention. i think you look at our poll this convention is very important for mitt romney to both become bigger than the republican party and to define what the republican party is over and above what others have done. >> what's your sense off the numbers that you're looking at and the poll right now, about women as a voting block? i mean, my sense of it would be that many, many women, back to school sho
one of the things we don't talk about enough, people say oh, mitt romney is not wearing well, mitt romney has an anchor around his -- and his campaign called the republican party brand. it has been under water, upside down for a long time. more people view it negatively than positively. the democrats aren't in great shape but they've been in better shape as far as perception wise of the party than the republicans. is it congressional republicans? we can come up with our theories. the brand has...
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romney didn't talk about it. we can't forget the men and women in uniform there now and need -- >> i agree. >> the other thing is, you also got to look forward. i was a business guy. we hear a lot from the other side about business credentials. i looked at their business plan. if you're a business thinking about the future, investing plant equipment, employees, a plan for competition. look at the romney/ryan business plan for our country, they cut work force and education. infrastructure, development by two-thirds. take it less than 5% of the total federal budget. tell me what country in the 21st country can spend 5% investing in the workforce, infrastructure and r & d? that is not a good business plan for the country. >> should i give him glass half full or half empty. senator warner, as we go to break, thank you very much. >> oh, come on! >> look at that. stand big at the msnbc experience area -- what do we got? >> mika, this place is cool. anybody can come here. at the epicenter downstairs from where you are u
romney didn't talk about it. we can't forget the men and women in uniform there now and need -- >> i agree. >> the other thing is, you also got to look forward. i was a business guy. we hear a lot from the other side about business credentials. i looked at their business plan. if you're a business thinking about the future, investing plant equipment, employees, a plan for competition. look at the romney/ryan business plan for our country, they cut work force and education....
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in the romney campaign. there hasn't been a lot of focus on what the president promised and where he fell short. i think certainly through the end of the debate season, there's going to be a huge focus on promises he made that he couldn't keep. whether it was immigration reform and his promise to tackle that right away. he didn't do it, never put a serious effort into it. his promise that health care would get more popular over time. in fact, it still remains a net unpopular with voters. and then also just the idea on the economy which we have heard a lot about that his policies would lower the unemployment rate below 8%. that didn't happen, it was a promise they made early on in the presidency and it's one no doubt you're going to hear a lot about tomorrow night. >> jim, is health care going to play heavy in these debates, do you think? is it something we're going to hear about? and how will mitt romney deal with it? he's had months and years you could argue to figure out his answer on it. how does he addre
in the romney campaign. there hasn't been a lot of focus on what the president promised and where he fell short. i think certainly through the end of the debate season, there's going to be a huge focus on promises he made that he couldn't keep. whether it was immigration reform and his promise to tackle that right away. he didn't do it, never put a serious effort into it. his promise that health care would get more popular over time. in fact, it still remains a net unpopular with voters. and...
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they don't like romney. they just don't like him. >> and they show it, every time they endorse it. >> no, they don't. they don't like him. and newt gingrich doesn't like him. >> no. >> and in fact, the obama campaign has actually released a video, sort of a montage, sort of a k-tel's greatest hits of newt gingrich's putdowns of mitt romney. take a look. >> as a man who wants to run for president of the united states who can't be honest with the american people. why should we expect him to be level about anything if he's president? you certainly would have to say that bain at times engaged in behavior where they looted a company leaving behind 1,700 unemployed people. there was a pattern at some companies of leaving them with enormous debt, and then within a year or two or three, having them go broke. that is something he ought to answer. i don't know of any american president who has had a swiss bank account. i'd be glad for you to explain that sort of thing. >> are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >>
they don't like romney. they just don't like him. >> and they show it, every time they endorse it. >> no, they don't. they don't like him. and newt gingrich doesn't like him. >> no. >> and in fact, the obama campaign has actually released a video, sort of a montage, sort of a k-tel's greatest hits of newt gingrich's putdowns of mitt romney. take a look. >> as a man who wants to run for president of the united states who can't be honest with the american people. why...
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maybe this is the real romney? not the poll-tested romney. but you know, he was singing "america the beautiful" and doing a lot of things. listen to this clip of mitt romney. i think it's one of the more compelling segments of a speech he's given the entire year. take a listen. >> my father never graduated from college, he apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter, and he's pretty good at it. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and then spit them out pointy end forward. on his honeymoon, he put paint in the trunk of his car and sold it along the way to pay for gas and hotels. there were reasons he could've given up and set his sights a lot lower. but he believed in america, and the america he believed in, a lath and plaster guy could become head of a car company and the guy who sold aluminum paint out of his car could end up being governor in one of the states he sold that aluminum paint. in dad's america, small businesses, entrepreneurs, these were encouraged and respected. the spirit of enterprise and innovation and
maybe this is the real romney? not the poll-tested romney. but you know, he was singing "america the beautiful" and doing a lot of things. listen to this clip of mitt romney. i think it's one of the more compelling segments of a speech he's given the entire year. take a listen. >> my father never graduated from college, he apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter, and he's pretty good at it. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and then spit them out...
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romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. thank you. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i shouldn't be so hard on you. i shouldn't bring um newt gingrich. >> it's just irrelevant. >> it's irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god, pray for us sinners now and in thy hour of peace? >> no. it's other. >> i just did bad having gone to catholic high school. it's in the end of "godfather 2." >> how do you fix it? >> you don't fix it. he's a great man. he's a great father, great husband, great businessman, great turnaround guy. if i had a business anywhere in the world, e'd have him run it. he's just -- he's a horrible politician. he's one of the worst. he's great guy. i just want to say, he's a great, gate, guy, but, man, ed rendell, you know it. great guy. >> mitt romney when i knew him as governor of massachusetts was smart, competent, confident. >> so you think he could be worked with if he had the right team around him? >> well, i think they tried to make him into something he's not, and when that
romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. thank you. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i shouldn't be so hard on you. i shouldn't bring um newt gingrich. >> it's just irrelevant. >> it's irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god, pray for us sinners now and in thy hour of peace? >> no. it's other. >> i just did bad having gone to catholic high school. it's in the end of "godfather 2." >> how do you fix...
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romney, ryan! romney, ryan! romney, ryan! there we go. all right. that's great. thank yo >> oh. sweet jesus. i'm sorry. m soy. shouldn't be so hard on you. i shouldn't bring up newt gingrich. >> it's just irrelevant. >> it doesn't even matter. >> it's irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god? >> it's not going to work. >>ra f o sinners in thy hour of peace. >> it's not going to work. it's too late for that. >> it seems to me -- except what would happen, it's the end of "godfather 2," i'm fredo on the back of the boat about to get it in the bac of my head. howo yoix at >> d f it. sadly, i said this about mitt romney's a great man. he is. he's a great father, a great husband. he is a great businessman, great turnaround guy. if i had a business anywhere in the world, i'd have him run it. just -- he's horrible politician. hene the worst. he's a great guy. i just want to say, he's a great, great guy, but man, ed rendell -- younow him. great guy. >> i'm astounded at the campaign. mitt romney i knew when he s smar wasetf massachetts was confident. >> so that's it.
romney, ryan! romney, ryan! romney, ryan! there we go. all right. that's great. thank yo >> oh. sweet jesus. i'm sorry. m soy. shouldn't be so hard on you. i shouldn't bring up newt gingrich. >> it's just irrelevant. >> it doesn't even matter. >> it's irrelevant. what do the catholics say? holy mary mother of god? >> it's not going to work. >>ra f o sinners in thy hour of peace. >> it's not going to work. it's too late for that. >> it seems to me...
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then you've got romney over here. the beautiful thing to me is a centrist nonpolitical guy is now we know -- >> that wears british flags in his pocket. >> i just wanted to show that i can also be sophisticated. >> oh, lord. >> the point is this. we now know what the election is about. all right? this has been a demarcation line. there's no more questions. there's no more let's get here. it's this or this. what direction do you want to go in? that's it. it's a very clear choice. >> what is this when it comes to mitt romney? what have we learned over the past two weeks. give me one sentence that encapsulates this. >> 107 million people receiving some form of government entitlement. >> food stamps -- >> that includes me. i am -- i received the mortgage interest tax deduction. i am a subsidized american. thank you, federal government. >> i agree with you 100%, and this goes back to what donny says. if the romney people knew how to work this, if romney knew how to work with this, it's a huge issue, especially after the pas
then you've got romney over here. the beautiful thing to me is a centrist nonpolitical guy is now we know -- >> that wears british flags in his pocket. >> i just wanted to show that i can also be sophisticated. >> oh, lord. >> the point is this. we now know what the election is about. all right? this has been a demarcation line. there's no more questions. there's no more let's get here. it's this or this. what direction do you want to go in? that's it. it's a very clear...
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under the romney/ryan plan, romney would pay a tax rate of 0.82%. ryan gives out all these tax cuts without ballooning the deficit. we just have to cut all military spending by 91% over the next 40 years. we'll need that defense spending to protect ourselves from the gang of moroton seniors. >> good morning. >> what's going on? >> willie, i'm just upset. >> what are you upset about? >> i don't want to talk about it. >> you sitting down and mark insulting you? >> that, too. >> it's okay. it's just i'm not ready. >> she sits down and you say she looks like she's from petty coat junction. >> to be precise, is there a petty coat junction reunion today. >> i'm with you. you called this kennebunkport chic. >> i think it's lovely. great summer dress. that's what i meant. >> you ought to articulate. >> if i may say, john meacham is the author of the forthcoming book "thomas jefferson, the art of power." >> good book. i was reading it on the plane two days ago. >> were you really? >> it's amazing. >> wait a minute, you giving him advanced copies? >> no, i ga
under the romney/ryan plan, romney would pay a tax rate of 0.82%. ryan gives out all these tax cuts without ballooning the deficit. we just have to cut all military spending by 91% over the next 40 years. we'll need that defense spending to protect ourselves from the gang of moroton seniors. >> good morning. >> what's going on? >> willie, i'm just upset. >> what are you upset about? >> i don't want to talk about it. >> you sitting down and mark insulting you?...
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mitt romney. we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active bustling cities anywhere in the world and, of course, it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> so that's a little shot, obviously, at salt lake city. the mayor's office in salt lake city was listening issuing a statement of its own. quote, david cameron can stop by any time. we'd love to have him, happy to send a map so he doesn't run into any trouble locating the middle of nowhere. that's from the mayor of salt lake city. with the olympic torch arriving in hyde park yesterday, to a gathering of about 60,000 people, some said it was 75,000, 80,000, london's mayor boris johnson used romney's comment to fire up the crowd. >> some people coming from around the world who don't get it about all the preparations we've done to get london ready in the last seven years. i hear there's a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready?
mitt romney. we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active bustling cities anywhere in the world and, of course, it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> so that's a little shot, obviously, at salt lake city. the mayor's office in salt lake city was listening issuing a statement of its own. quote, david cameron can stop by any time. we'd love to have him, happy to send a map so he doesn't run into any trouble locating the middle of...
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but gingrich's problem, and he talks about romney's weakness, but he keeps losing to romney. so i think if you're a guy who is attacking someone's weakness that keeps beating you, i think that argument begins to fall away. >> is there anything he can do to be mitt romney less detached in those areas? >> i think a lot of this stuff is not sensical. he's got a record of achieving, succeeding, fixing broken institutions. he's going to need to tell that to the public through his prism, not through theirs. >> we're going to talk to tina brown, also meredith vieira will be here to talk about her new movie project. and joining us in the studio, we have sherrod brown. up next, the politico playbook. >>> beautiful weekend for most of us we just got done with. the exception was in the midwest. and you have great weather heading your way. so there's really not many complaints out there today. this is how the week shapes up. everywhere in the yellow, you should see above average temperatures. going to feel like late april, early may, the exception, northwest. a huge storm system with str
but gingrich's problem, and he talks about romney's weakness, but he keeps losing to romney. so i think if you're a guy who is attacking someone's weakness that keeps beating you, i think that argument begins to fall away. >> is there anything he can do to be mitt romney less detached in those areas? >> i think a lot of this stuff is not sensical. he's got a record of achieving, succeeding, fixing broken institutions. he's going to need to tell that to the public through his prism,...
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here are other pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> as a sophomore in high school, mitt romney cut the break lines of his lab partner's car. we'll be back with other hilarious pranks. in 1964, 17-year-old mitt romney burned down a howard johnson's. see you next time on other hilarious pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 15th. a beautiful shot of the jefferson memorial and a rainy morning in washington. with us on set nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. we have an msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart and editor for the "huffington post," sam stein. mike barnicle along with willie geist. i guess all of you have seen the flurry of polls out. the usa today/gallup poll, on the front page of usa today, which i'm sure millions of you will, you see the headline, two in three say a better economy is ahead. there is some positive news. you would think that benefit would accrue to the president. right now, it's not. 71% rate today's economy conditions as poor. 29 say the economy is in good shape. the poll shows ame
here are other pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> as a sophomore in high school, mitt romney cut the break lines of his lab partner's car. we'll be back with other hilarious pranks. in 1964, 17-year-old mitt romney burned down a howard johnson's. see you next time on other hilarious pranks pulled by mitt romney. >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 15th. a beautiful shot of the jefferson memorial and a rainy morning in washington. with us on set nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent...
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mitt romney. >> yeah. >> between you and donny this morning, i want to start all over. >> what did i do? >> you're tiring. >> he's got to win in michigan. >> 99%, 1%, gestalt, really? less donny, more reverend al. just a week after his three states, rick santorum taking shape on a national level. four different polls shows the former pennsylvania senator either slightly ahead or in a statistical tie with mitt romney. it is easily santorum's strongest showing of the race so far. this is really interesting story. new cnn opinion research poll suggests 55% of those backing santorum say they strongly support their candidate. the polling shows romney supporters are less enthusiastic. but when it comes to electability, romney still dominates the republican field 55% think the former massachusetts governor has the best chance of beating president obama. only 18% say santorum is the most likely to win in a general election. >> and of course, the pro-romney people aren't just taking this lying down. the su
mitt romney. >> yeah. >> between you and donny this morning, i want to start all over. >> what did i do? >> you're tiring. >> he's got to win in michigan. >> 99%, 1%, gestalt, really? less donny, more reverend al. just a week after his three states, rick santorum taking shape on a national level. four different polls shows the former pennsylvania senator either slightly ahead or in a statistical tie with mitt romney. it is easily santorum's strongest showing...
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and i think the as ever romney had -- the work romney has to do is introduce himself. i hate to say shake the etch a sketch, but that's an image that comes to mind. and try to reverse those numbers. my friend evan thomas has pointed out that romney has now flipped his favorable and unfavorable ratings the better he's gotten known, which is not a wildly encouraging way to start. >> joe, we can talk all we want about dogs and ted nugent and everybody else. but those numbers right there is what this race is all about. >> everything else is just white noise. and you're right. we talked yesterday, willie, about the fact that the election is six months off. everybody shouldn't get excited about poll numbers. but what the obama people are looking at right now is the fact that mitt romney's likability numbers are in the 20s. they are in the 20s. and yet their guy is still tied with him in most polls this week. that is a disturbing trend for the white house. it's something they are trying to get their arms around. and it's something they should be very concerned about. how do y
and i think the as ever romney had -- the work romney has to do is introduce himself. i hate to say shake the etch a sketch, but that's an image that comes to mind. and try to reverse those numbers. my friend evan thomas has pointed out that romney has now flipped his favorable and unfavorable ratings the better he's gotten known, which is not a wildly encouraging way to start. >> joe, we can talk all we want about dogs and ted nugent and everybody else. but those numbers right there is...
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, 44% for mitt romney. when you add in rob portman as romney's running mate it barely moves the needle, 45% to 45% tie. does that surprise you, chuck todd? >> it doesn't. i think these running mates, let's remember it's more often than not a running mate is picked not for the state that they are from. i mean, i have always argued that bill clinton picked al gore. at the time it was an electoral pick because they thought they were in a three-way race and the democrats had an idea of a southern strategy, if you will. but going back, you have to go all the way back to the 1960s, right? i think we always put too much into that aspect. mitt romney is going to use his vp pick to send a message to either double down on the economy, on the budget, but it's got to be about himself. whatever message he is sending. i can't imagine him doing it any other way, unless somehow it's dramatically -- there's some big dramatic reason three months from now that he needs to do a quote, unquote, and heilemann will love this, thi
, 44% for mitt romney. when you add in rob portman as romney's running mate it barely moves the needle, 45% to 45% tie. does that surprise you, chuck todd? >> it doesn't. i think these running mates, let's remember it's more often than not a running mate is picked not for the state that they are from. i mean, i have always argued that bill clinton picked al gore. at the time it was an electoral pick because they thought they were in a three-way race and the democrats had an idea of a...
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>> romney's ahead 45%, 40%. the only thing if i were the president's campaign team, among hispanics the president only led romney 50%, 33%. if you assume the president can get 60% plus hispanics in arizona, republicans have been a little more competitive among hispanics, third, fourth generation hispanics than in other states. but if the president can get over 60, for instance, that number, 45, 40 number ends up more like 45-43. when you look at it, joe, there seems to be a ceiling for now on a democratic number here. i can't figure out how the president gets past 47% or 48% in arizona even on his best day. >> really quickly, and i'm not exactly sure why this is the case. but in swing states, the president's doing great in other states like michigan. in swing states like ohio, florida, arizona, the president's weaker. first of all, why is that? and do you see a way forward for the president winning if he can't win ohio, florida, and arizona? i'm not suggesting that, but right now if the election were held today,
>> romney's ahead 45%, 40%. the only thing if i were the president's campaign team, among hispanics the president only led romney 50%, 33%. if you assume the president can get 60% plus hispanics in arizona, republicans have been a little more competitive among hispanics, third, fourth generation hispanics than in other states. but if the president can get over 60, for instance, that number, 45, 40 number ends up more like 45-43. when you look at it, joe, there seems to be a ceiling for...
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particularly ann romney and tagg romney. softening his image, projecting a more moderate image, particularly in the debate and since then. and i think the victim in all of this would be stewart stevens, the chief strategist from the beginning and several campaign officials have told us he's been fenced in. basically doing ads, not doing a lot of the grand strategy. that's been turned over to people like tagg romney and ed galespie with the campaign, brought in a couple months ago, lots of ties to the bush world. better at this stuff. >> it's great. who knows mitt romney better than the family? >> and it's great, you know, there doesn't have to be a loser here. we'll find out afterwards exactly what's happened to stewart and everybody else, but who knows mitt romney better than mitt and tagg and the family who know him and love him? we said, he's a great guy, great father, great man, and i actually -- >> better candidate. >> he's a much better candidate today. and i think him tacking a little bit to the middle, at least rheto
particularly ann romney and tagg romney. softening his image, projecting a more moderate image, particularly in the debate and since then. and i think the victim in all of this would be stewart stevens, the chief strategist from the beginning and several campaign officials have told us he's been fenced in. basically doing ads, not doing a lot of the grand strategy. that's been turned over to people like tagg romney and ed galespie with the campaign, brought in a couple months ago, lots of ties...
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with romney, he does what the market demands. and the market is not demanding a tea party president. so i think he'd shift over toward the middle where i personally think that's where his soul is, so to be honest, i'm guessing about that. >> we're all guessing about that. what is so interesting to us certainly to me is that he didn't go to the center like nixon always says you go to the center in a general election when most candidates do. at the convention, he waited till that first debate and certainly in the third debate he completely blew apart this perception of mitt romney as hard right neo conservative. >> and you know, if you think he's an opportunist, and i'm not sure he totally is, but if you think he is, he's going to do what the incentives tell him to do. and i think in a country as i wrote with the shrinking republican base where the tea party may have already cost the republicans two senate seats, may cost them two more this election in indiana and missouri. the incentives are all toward him being a little more mode
with romney, he does what the market demands. and the market is not demanding a tea party president. so i think he'd shift over toward the middle where i personally think that's where his soul is, so to be honest, i'm guessing about that. >> we're all guessing about that. what is so interesting to us certainly to me is that he didn't go to the center like nixon always says you go to the center in a general election when most candidates do. at the convention, he waited till that first...
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mitt romney was being set up? >> i have no knowledge of that. >> yeah. >> he's not goingo answer. that means yes. >> i have no knowledge of that. >> fair enough. >> i'm going to say, if somebody had done that in the middle of a competitive campaign with me, it would have been a long walk back to the car. >> not a little release? >> no. you release when you win. >> ok. >>> coming up, sam stein will join us. also, former white house adviser on health policy zeke emanuel returns with senator ron johnson. >> willie, look how beautiful it is in the hood. >> the upper west side, the hudson river, looking good, new york. stay tuned to "morning joe." we always hear about jobs leaving america. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast. be
mitt romney was being set up? >> i have no knowledge of that. >> yeah. >> he's not goingo answer. that means yes. >> i have no knowledge of that. >> fair enough. >> i'm going to say, if somebody had done that in the middle of a competitive campaign with me, it would have been a long walk back to the car. >> not a little release? >> no. you release when you win. >> ok. >>> coming up, sam stein will join us. also, former white house...
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mitt romney doesn't. peggy noonan also wrote about this. >> you're not the only one from the right saying this. i was asking the question -- i'm not obviously from this point of view, but i've been asking, why can't you reset this campaign? why can't -- why can't big changes be made right now to the team? and most of the experts that we've had on who have covered campaigns past have said it just doesn't happen. it just doesn't happen. it just doesn't happen this late. "the wall street journal's" peggy noonan writes in her blog that it's, quote, time for an interve interventi intervention. it's time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent one. it's not big, it's not brave, it's not thoughtfully tackling great issues, it's always been too small for the moment. all of the activists, party supporters and big donors should be pushing for change. people want to focus on who is at the top at least constructive and most responsible. fine, but mitt romney is no puppet. he chooses who to listen to. an interv
mitt romney doesn't. peggy noonan also wrote about this. >> you're not the only one from the right saying this. i was asking the question -- i'm not obviously from this point of view, but i've been asking, why can't you reset this campaign? why can't -- why can't big changes be made right now to the team? and most of the experts that we've had on who have covered campaigns past have said it just doesn't happen. it just doesn't happen. it just doesn't happen this late. "the wall...
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turns out he hates mitt romney even more. this is great new stuff in e-book obama's last stand, by politico's glen tlush, part of the series that jon meacham edits and conceived, evan thomas wrote the introduction and aides around obama say that this real scorn that he has for romney has helped get his head in the game, fire him back up, for obama's last stand. >> why does he hate him? >> he says eric cantor at least stands for something. he said john mccain was a genuine war hero. he said even in the heat of hillary clinton, he didn't have this sort of personal dislike for his opponent. >> so what's driving it? why does he hate -- why does president obama hate mitt romney? >> now stop it. >> it's partly his way of getting up for the game and the book has this great explanation of the president's competitive fire and it starts with small things. he'll try and beat his former body guy reggie love that will fire him up. we're told he gets genuine anger if he suspects that either golf or hoops, someone is letting him win. on air
turns out he hates mitt romney even more. this is great new stuff in e-book obama's last stand, by politico's glen tlush, part of the series that jon meacham edits and conceived, evan thomas wrote the introduction and aides around obama say that this real scorn that he has for romney has helped get his head in the game, fire him back up, for obama's last stand. >> why does he hate him? >> he says eric cantor at least stands for something. he said john mccain was a genuine war hero....
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until we see erosion in romney's numbers -- this is bad for romney. a lot of the things they're trying to burn in are really damaging and we don't yet whether the impact is there or not. >> let me just ask you again because it was only a month ago we sat here and we said bain is a losing argument. bill clinton went on television and said what he did at bain, that's good work. it seemed like the obama campaign had gotten away from it a little bit and gone on to mitt romney's role as governor, something he didn't want to talk about in massachusetts. what made them get back to it? >> i think they saw indications in swing states that it was working, was having an impact. this tax debate is interesting. you remember that he held hit line about a month before he finally broke from the pressure and the problem was that he hadn't paid any taxes and he dropped 20 points. >> and this tax thing is really something. he's been steadfast but not refusing more than the one year you plus the one year that's coming. i personally don't see hough he's going to withstand
until we see erosion in romney's numbers -- this is bad for romney. a lot of the things they're trying to burn in are really damaging and we don't yet whether the impact is there or not. >> let me just ask you again because it was only a month ago we sat here and we said bain is a losing argument. bill clinton went on television and said what he did at bain, that's good work. it seemed like the obama campaign had gotten away from it a little bit and gone on to mitt romney's role as...
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gaffes and despite mitt romney's stiffness if you look at the latest gallup poll out, romney has 50% to barack obama's 46%. >> it says that if -- >> what does that say about barack obama? >> if we're looking at the menu and it's choice "a" or choice "b," people don't want either. >> that surprises me. does that surprise you? because barack obama has had a really good two months politically. >> and you said it the other day yesterday, he's really finding his voice. what it says is that six months ago, everybody including the upper east side liberals were ready to bail on obama and then we started to look at choice "b," and go -- >> you were never going to leave obama. >> no, no, no -- not true. >> donny -- >> the reason also this is not going to end. it's very interesting. >> you going to vote for herman cain? >> no, i'm going to tell you why santorum is going to win ohio. if you notice what's happening each time. we the media are co-conspirators. we don't want this to end. i think what happens subconsciously, the media during the next week is going to prop up santorum. they're going
gaffes and despite mitt romney's stiffness if you look at the latest gallup poll out, romney has 50% to barack obama's 46%. >> it says that if -- >> what does that say about barack obama? >> if we're looking at the menu and it's choice "a" or choice "b," people don't want either. >> that surprises me. does that surprise you? because barack obama has had a really good two months politically. >> and you said it the other day yesterday, he's really...
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romney a list of people i think could suit better. >> we have a nominee now, and our nominee, mitt romney, the leader of the republican party, has a vice presidential process in place. and i think from this point moving forward, i think it would be wise for all republicans to kind of respect that process. >>> good morning. it's monday, april 23. welcome to "morning joe." it's so rainy here in new york city. with us on set, we have executive editor at random house and pulitzer prize winsining historian and time magazine editor and steve rattner. you got changed. what happened to financier? >> i am told that financer is not a good word. it's like exterminator. >> i love it. it's rich. >> it doesn't poll well. >> really? >> no. i'm putting it back. i won't have it. >> even in this zip code. >> even in this zip code? my goodness. i was on the phone with my french political expert going over the results. >> monsieur hollande? >> yes. but what did jeb say about vp? >> next time show up on time. >> that he would talk. >> he'll talk about it. that's what's going to happen. jeb bush. >> come on. >
romney a list of people i think could suit better. >> we have a nominee now, and our nominee, mitt romney, the leader of the republican party, has a vice presidential process in place. and i think from this point moving forward, i think it would be wise for all republicans to kind of respect that process. >>> good morning. it's monday, april 23. welcome to "morning joe." it's so rainy here in new york city. with us on set, we have executive editor at random house and...
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on whether romney can aggressively -- what happens if it passes today? what does romney do? and ryan cannot separate the fact that he cosponsored legislation that redefined forcible rape. that's a fact. we can't have different facts. >> i think this guy needs cut off. >> i wish they had in the first place. >> your father would be the first to say, and he says it when you're dealing with foreign leaders and the same thing dealing with politicians, if you need somebody to do something for you bad di, your first move is not to back them into a corner where they're not going to escape. give him an escape. and if he refuses to take it, you bury him politically. >> he has eight hours to take it. >> figure out a way for him to pick up the phone. >> not going to happen. then let him know he's on his own. >> up next. what, if anything, did we learn today? >>> here's a look at your business travel forecast. anyone doing any traveling out of the yids to the caribbean needs a close eye on what will happen with eventually isaac. it looks to be near puerto rico, dominican republic and hai
on whether romney can aggressively -- what happens if it passes today? what does romney do? and ryan cannot separate the fact that he cosponsored legislation that redefined forcible rape. that's a fact. we can't have different facts. >> i think this guy needs cut off. >> i wish they had in the first place. >> your father would be the first to say, and he says it when you're dealing with foreign leaders and the same thing dealing with politicians, if you need somebody to do...
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you hear ann romney being put out there and mitt romney touting her as sort of knowing how women care about the economy. but more specifically, what are you hearing out on the street? >> well, you know, women are -- women care deeply about bread and butter issues. so many of them are sole breadwinners for their family or are economic drivers for our neighborhoods and communities. i think that economic issues of course are top of the list for women as well as for men voters. and i think that women are looking for, you know, commitment over time. and delivering on, you know, on the talk about commitment. and, again, you know, i'll give the example of the fact that the lily ledbetter fair pact was the very first law that the president signed when he came into office. you know, that's what commitment looks like. >> it's actually real action. >> yeah. >> bill, you were in congress when mitt romney was here. congress and governors have to work together. what kind of governor was he to work with? >> well, he -- we worked on two specific issues. we worked well together. one involved the cape
you hear ann romney being put out there and mitt romney touting her as sort of knowing how women care about the economy. but more specifically, what are you hearing out on the street? >> well, you know, women are -- women care deeply about bread and butter issues. so many of them are sole breadwinners for their family or are economic drivers for our neighborhoods and communities. i think that economic issues of course are top of the list for women as well as for men voters. and i think...